Re: [PATCH] New x86_64 EFI patch

2008-06-24 Thread Bean
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 5:59 AM, Isaac Dupree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bean wrote: Also, you can try adding video=efifb to the command line, does it show kernel message ? >>> >>> I'll try that soon, does it need any special customization of the kernel? >> >> You can try the kerne

Re: [PATCH] Loading windows in macbook

2008-06-24 Thread Bean
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 4:38 AM, Javier Martín <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > El mié, 25-06-2008 a las 04:11 +0800, Bean escribió: >> 2. Macbook will halt if we disable a20, so I add a new option >> --keep-a20 to keep the a20 gate open. > Does any OS fail to boot if it has A20 enabled when it is jump

Re: Grub2 usb stick boot error

2008-06-24 Thread Fulvio Scapin
USB stick with dos label: Model: Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 (scsi) Disco /dev/sdf: 4006MB Dimensione del settore (logica/fisica): 512B/512B Tabella delle partizioni: msdos Numero Inizio FineDimensione Tipo File System Flag 1 31,7kB 55,1MB 55,1MB primary ext2 2 55,

Re: [PATCH] New x86_64 EFI patch

2008-06-24 Thread Isaac Dupree
Bean wrote: Also, you can try adding video=efifb to the command line, does it show kernel message ? I'll try that soon, does it need any special customization of the kernel? You can try the kernel I extract from Fedora's efidisk: http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/grub2/efi.rar It's 2.6.25. But

Re: [PATCH] Loading windows in macbook

2008-06-24 Thread Yoshinori K. Okuji
On Tuesday 24 June 2008 22:11:18 Bean wrote: > This patch fix two problem that can cause problem for grub-pc in macbook. > > 1, In grub-setup, we should skip the first 1024 bytes when comparing > data, as it have previously made change to the buffer with > install_dos_part and install_bsd_part, cau

Re: [PATCH] Loading windows in macbook

2008-06-24 Thread Javier Martín
El mié, 25-06-2008 a las 04:11 +0800, Bean escribió: > 2. Macbook will halt if we disable a20, so I add a new option > --keep-a20 to keep the a20 gate open. Does any OS fail to boot if it has A20 enabled when it is jumped to? AFAIK some BIOS even had an option to enable it at POST time, so I think

Re: Grub2 usb stick boot error

2008-06-24 Thread Fulvio Scapin
2008/6/24 Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi, > > First, you can check the size of partition, for example, does the ones > that doesn't boot cross any boundary, like 4G/2G ? > > Also, you mention it apply to qemu as well, how do you test it, can > you produce a qemu image that illustrate the probl

Re: Switch to SVN ?

2008-06-24 Thread Vesa Jääskeläinen
Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote: On Tuesday 17 June 2008 14:48:52 Marco Gerards wrote: Hi, Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: It seems svn is available at savannah: https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=5340 any plan to switch ? This seems like a good idea to me. I put Okuji on the Cc,

[PATCH] Loading windows in macbook

2008-06-24 Thread Bean
Hi, This patch fix two problem that can cause problem for grub-pc in macbook. 1, In grub-setup, we should skip the first 1024 bytes when comparing data, as it have previously made change to the buffer with install_dos_part and install_bsd_part, cause the comparison to fail. This problem is not sh

Re: [PATCH] New x86_64 EFI patch

2008-06-24 Thread Bean
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:57 AM, Isaac Dupree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bean wrote: >>> >>> - linux then initrd doesn't run out of memory (that fix is still there). >>> On >>> the other hand, 'linux' with wrong parameters so I repeated the command, >>> did >>> give me such an error. In any ca

Re: [PATCH] New x86_64 EFI patch

2008-06-24 Thread Isaac Dupree
Bean wrote: - linux then initrd doesn't run out of memory (that fix is still there). On the other hand, 'linux' with wrong parameters so I repeated the command, did give me such an error. In any case, trying again perfectly and booting, gave me the same (as my last test with your EFI patches) h

Re: [PATCH] New x86_64 EFI patch

2008-06-24 Thread Bean
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Isaac Dupree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bean wrote: >> >> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 1:04 AM, Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> This new patch add the following function to the original x86_64 EFI >>> patch: >>> >>> 1, Fix menu drawing problem >>> I

Re: [PATCH] New x86_64 EFI patch

2008-06-24 Thread Isaac Dupree
Bean wrote: On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 1:04 AM, Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, This new patch add the following function to the original x86_64 EFI patch: 1, Fix menu drawing problem It maps the unicode char to EFI char so that the rectangle box is showed properly 2, Handle command line opt